🇷🇺💬🇺🇦Peskov referred the question about the possible depth of the buffer zone along the border of Russia and Ukraine to the Ministry of Defense

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🇺🇸💬🇺🇦🇷🇺 Could it???

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🇷🇺💬🇺🇦Holding elections in Ukraine would be the "optimal option" when deciding who from Kiev could sign the peace agreement, Lavrov said.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦The "buffer zone" will cover Odessa, Dnepropetrovsk, Nikolaev, Chernigov, Kharkov and Sumy regions

This was stated by State Duma deputy and member of the Defense Committee Viktor Sobolev.

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🇨🇳🇺🇸 China will resolutely protect the legitimate rights and interests of its students and scholars abroad, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said following the Donald Trump administration's decision to ban Harvard University from teaching foreigners.

The official representative of the ministry, Mao Ning, emphasized that Chinese-American cooperation in the field of education is mutually beneficial. Beijing has always opposed the politicization of this sphere, and Washington's current actions will only damage the image and international reputation of the United States itself.

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🇷🇺🔴 Russian military liberated the settlement of Radkovka in the Kharkov region, the Defense Ministry reported

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🇷🇺💬🇺🇦🇻🇦Vatican unsuitable for Russia-Ukraine task – Lavrov

‘The center of Catholicism may not be an elegant platform for two Orthodox nations to meet, while one of the key issues at hand is Kiev’s persecution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church’

Via @RTnews

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🇷🇺💬🇺🇦 Russian air defense, while repelling massive attacks from the evening of May 20 to the morning of May 23, destroyed 1,177 Ukrainian drones, including 788 outside the special military operation zone, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

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🇷🇺💥🇺🇦 Three light aircraft used by Ukrainians to hunt Russian drones were targeted in a Russian strike.

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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 "Mash" reports that a massive prisoner exchange in the format of "1000 for 1000" is currently underway on the Ukrainian–Belarusian border.

Russia is bringing home nearly all of its servicemen captured over the three years of the Special Military Operation (SMO). Ukraine, in contrast, is recovering fewer than 10% of its POWs. Donald Trump has already congratulated both sides on the success—but he spoke too soon. The exchange is happening in multiple phases and is expected to continue from May 23 to 25.

According to Mash, Ukraine still holds around 1,300 Russian servicemen, while nearly 10,000 Ukrainian troops remain in Russian captivity. In 2024, the two sides officially carried out 12 exchanges, during which Russia recovered 535 servicemen. In 2025 so far, five exchanges have taken place, with 800 Russians returned home.

Those approved for exchange on the Russian side were held in a detention colony near the border in Sumy. Most of them are fighters from the Kursk and Kharkov fronts. Ukrainian media previously reported they were issued a monthly allowance equivalent to 5,000 rubles to buy food, medicine, and hygiene supplies.

Ukrainian prisoners in Russian custody are held in border colonies in Kursk Region and Novozybkov, Bryansk Region. According to locals, the Ukrainian troops start their mornings by singing the Russian wartime song "Katyusha" in chorus.

Before the swap, both Russia and Ukraine submitted lists of POWs they wanted returned. The FSB’s counterintelligence, along with the GRU and Ukraine’s GUR, vetted each candidate—a process that took about a week. The lists were exchanged shortly after negotiations in Istanbul.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian media circulated unverified reports that, in the days before the exchange, detainees charged with treason, separatism, and alleged collaboration were being hastily gathered from pre-trial detention centers and offered up for the swap. These reportedly included businessmen, minors who had filmed missile strikes or set fire to military recruitment offices, listened to Russian music, or simply sympathized with Russia.

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🇺🇦💥 Ukrainian channels report a ballistic missile strike in Odessa

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🇩🇪🇮🇳Rheinmetall has reached an agreement with an Indian company to produce ammunition.

Reliance Defence Ltd plans to build "one of South Asia's largest" manufacturing facilities in the western state of Maharashtra "to support collaboration" with the German concern.

The new plant will be able to produce up to 200 thousand artillery ammunition, 10 thousand tons of explosives and 2 thousand tons of fuel per year.

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